Ironing-table



IIVVE/VTOI? ATTORNEY Patented A L1g. 12, 1890.

W. EMERSON.

IRONING TABLE WITNESSES:

(No Model.)

WATENT OFFIQE.

\VILLIAM EMERSON, OF DAVENPORT, NEW YORK.

lRONlNG-TABLE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 433,936, dated August 12, 1890.

' Application filed December 15, 1887. Serial No. 257,958. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, WILLIAM EMERSON, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of Davenport, in the county of Delaware and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Ironing-Tables, of which the following is a specification.

This invention has reference to ironingtables which are capable of being folded into a compact condition for storage or transportation, and its novel features are pointed out in the claim at the end hereof.

This invention is shown in the accompanyaing drawings, which form part of this specification, and in which the same parts are in dicated by the same reference-figures in the several views.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a central vertical longitudinal section of a table embody- 2o ingmyimprovements. Fig.2isafront elevation of the standard 6. Fig. 3 isan elevation of that end of the table to which the legs 17 are attached, and Fig. 4 is an inverted plan view of the table folded.

5 represents the top of the table, which may be of the form shown in Fig. 4 or of any other preferred form, and 6 indicates a standard which is provided at its top with a bracket 7 and at its lower end with a foot 8, o considerably greater in width than is standard 6, and which is furnished with pins in its bottom, as at 9, to prevent the table from slipping when in use. At the top of the standard there is a dowel 10, which is adapted to enter a hole in the under surface of the top of the table when the table is unfolded.

In the front surface of the foot-piece 8 there is a pin 11', which is adapted to enter a hole 12 in the under surface of the top of the table when the table is folded. The foot 8, which is secured to the front of the bottom of standard 6, is providedwith the pins 9, and

furnishes a substantial rest for that end of' .the table, and also serves as a stop to prevent 5 said standard from falling downward between the braces 13 when the folding mechanism is locked to the under surface of top 5 by fastening device 24, so as to hold the parts together more effectually.

13 indicates braces which are pivoted to the outer end of the standard 6 by a bolt 14:, passing transversely therethrough, and hinged to rung 15, which latter element is pivoted to brackets 16, secured to the under surface of the table. The legs 17 are also pivoted to the rung 15, and they are provided with strengthening rungs or braces 18 and 19.

20 represents a short brace, which is jointed at about its center, as at 21, and is pivoted to the braces 13, as at 22, and is also hinged to rung 18, as shown.

In attaching the braces 13 to the rung 15 and in securing the short brace 20 to rung 18, I employ metallic loops composed of galvanized iron or tin, which are marked 23.

This method of attachment has the advam' tage of being very cheap, and it is also very effective. The loops 23 are secured in place by rivets or nails of any kind.

lVhen the table'is folded, the entire folding mechanism is held against the under surface vided on its under surface at one end withbrackets supporting a rung 15 and near the center of said surface with fastening device 24, in combination with legs 17, pivoted to rung 15 and provided with rungs 1S and 19, a'pair of braces 13, likewise pivoted to said rung- 15 and pivotally connected at their outer ends to standard 6, which is provided with foot 8 and is adapted to fold between said braces 13 and also to support the free end of the table-top, and the jointed brace 20 21, pivoted to rung 18 of legs 17 and also to braces 13 at 22, the said supporting mechanism being constructed and arranged to fold snugly against the under surface of the table-top and to be secured in that position by fastening device 24, substantially as set forth.

Signed at Davenport, in the county of Delaware and State of New York, this 20th day of October, A. D. 1887.

IVILLIAM EMERSON.

Witnesses:

JOHN M. LEWIS, EDWARD OCoNNoR. 

